Where my Liberal Arts majors at?

[JohnnyMarko 1]

Who out there has a Liberal Arts degree? And what do you do for a living?

[wmw999 2,120]

I have a degree in Sociology, with a minor in romance languages. Currently I'm a contract project manager in IT; until earlier this month, I was a programmer/project manager for the space shuttle program.

But I was lucky
Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[JohnnyMarko 1]

So you have a degree in Sociology or Liberal Arts?

[wmw999 2,120]

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology; that's traditionally considered to be a liberal arts major. If you didn't mean that, well, sorry, I misunderstood.

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[JohnnyMarko 1]

Don't be sorry
I'm talkin' a Degree of Liberal Studies...like the basic slip of paper that just says you went to college for 4 years

[deltron80 0]

double major history & poli sci...but i work in IT

[SarahC07 0]

They actually issue degrees in liberal arts? To the best of my knowledge, state universities in Texas have Colleges of Liberal Arts, with degrees in areas like Sociology, Political Science, Art History, etc.

I have a B.S. in Political Science with a minor in Business Administration and I'm currently pursuing a Masters of Business Administration.

I have worked in commercial real estate as an accounting assistant, commercial property manager, account manager, and accounting manager. At any given time during my 3+ years of employment, I was working as 2 or more of the above listed job functions/roles.

All of my accounting knowledge was learned on the job and/or self-taught in free time. The fundamental accounting principles were pretty easy to learn when you look at financial statements on a daily basis...

If you like to work hard, you're observant and you can learn quickly I think you can do just about anything you set out to do.

[warpedskydiver 0]

Try looking in the homeless shelters,

Poets and the others of such modern importance aren't exactly going to be earning much without a government handout.

Others, such as sociologists can make a decent wage if they earned a Masters or were not just a C student.

[quade 3]

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Poets and the others of such modern importance aren't exactly going to be earning much without a government handout.

Depends how you define your terms. Some "poets" make more money than a lot of doctors, lawyer and chiefs.

Last time I looked Aaron Sorkin and Will Smith were both doing just fine.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[Andy9o8 0]

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Where my Liberal Arts majors at?

Most of them are working on improving their grammar.

[Lindsey 0]

I have a BA from a Liberal Arts college, Hendrix College, in Arkansas. I'm a family physician.

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A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail

[normiss 622]

They don't be English majors!

[JohnnyMarko 1]

Got that rite!

[npgraphicdesign 2]

Undergraduate and graduate degrees in graphic design a.k.a. visual communication a.k.a. create shtuff.

Currently I teach in a university full time, freelance, run a design company with two fellow designers & write for a creative blog.

[kkeenan 13]

The graduate with a science degree asks, "Why does it work?" The graduate with an engineering degree asks, "How does it work?" The graduate with an accounting degree asks, "How much will it cost?" The graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with that?"

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Dude, you are so awesome...
Can I be on your ash jump ?

[skybytch 259]

I have two 2 year degrees, one in History and the other in Social Sciences.

Are you surprised that I'm unemployed?

[airtwardo 6]

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Don't be sorry
I'm talkin' a Degree of Liberal Studies...like the basic slip of paper that just says you went to college for 4 years

My old college roomie has a degree in Liberal Arts...he sells insurance, has since we graduated in '80 and is quite successful.

He always said he was going into sales after graduation, he took a lotta History classes so I figured he'd open a History store!

He use to tell me that 'slip of paper' only shows you have the perseverance to finish something.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[JohnRich 4]

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I'm talkin' a Degree of Liberal Studies...like the basic slip of paper that just says you went to college for 4 years

I earned a Liberal Studies degree, by going to night school for nine years. At that time, it meant you took 15 credit hours of classes in each of four different areas. Mine were math, science, sociology and psychology. That's mostly because the little branch campus I attended didn't have much to offer in other fields.

That doesn't just mean that you went to college for four years - it makes you an educated person that is well-rounded: kind of a jack-of-all-trades, instead of a specialist. Explain it that way to your potential employers, instead of letting them assume it doesn't mean much.

I worked as a computer operator and programmer, but was taught that in the military, and was already doing that while attending night school. So the degree didn't determine my profession - it just made me look better in the eyes of some people. And the company could therefore charge the government more for my services.